Author: Pratchett, Terry
Fantasy
Published on 20 October 2016 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Doubleday) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Discworld Novels' series.
Hardback | 448 pages
203 x 131 x 38 | 454g
A special hardback gift edition of classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, a standalone Discworld novel.
'An unmitigated delight . . . very, very funny' The Times˜A political thriller set in a fantasy world and a fantasy novel involving a political thriller¦. A classic from a master storyteller' 5-star reader review'A lie can run round the world before the truth can get its boots on.'William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork's first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .
Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.
It's a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader.
And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . .
The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but The Truth is a standalone.
Praise for the Discworld series:'[Pratchett's] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday˜Pratchett is a master storyteller' Guardian'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George R.R. Martin'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone' Daily Express˜One of the most consistently funny writers around' Ben Aaronovitch˜Masterful and brilliant' Fantasy & Science Fiction˜Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own¦ he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable' The Times˜The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph˜Nothing short of magical' Chicago Tribune'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX˜[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world¦There's never been anything quite like it' Evening Standard